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Work Conditions and Mental Health in Healthcare Workers
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Work Conditions and Mental Health in Healthcare Workers

A special issue of Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032). This special issue belongs to the section "Medics".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 521

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Juan Jesús García-Iglesias

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Department of Sociology, Social Work and Public Health, Faculty of Labour Sciences, University of Huelva, 21007 Huelva, Spain
Interests: public health; preventive medicine; nurses; mental health
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Dr. Maria do Rosário Martins

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1. Escola Superior de Saúde, Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, 4900-314 Viana do Castelo, Portugal
2. Health Sciences Research Unit Nursing (UICISA-E), Esenfc-Avenida Bissaya Barreto (Polo A), 3046-851 Coimbra, Portugal
Interests: nursing; elderly; aging; loneliness; gerontology; health promotion; mental health
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Dr. Fátima Frade

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1. Child and Youth Nursing Department, Nursing School of Lisbon, Avenida Professor Egas Moniz, 1600-190 Lisboa, Portugal
2. Nursing Research, Innovation and Development Centre of Lisbon (CIDNUR), Nursing School of Lisbon, Avenida Professor Egas Moniz, 1600-190 Lisboa, Portugal
3. Centre for Public Administration and Public Policies, Institute of Social and Political Sciences, Universidade de Lisboa, Rua Almerindo Lessa, 1300-663 Lisbon, Portugal
Interests: nursing; social science; pediatric nursing; mental health; public health
Prof. Dr. Juan Gómez-Salgado

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Department of Sociology, Social Work and Public Health, Faculty of Labour Sciences, University of Huelva, 21007 Huelva, Spain
Interests: public health; preventive medicine; nurses; mental health
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We invite you to contribute to our Special Issue entitled “Work Conditions and Mental Health in Healthcare Workers”.

The work environment can be considered one of the main determining factors that can influence workers' health, especially as it involves the structural and organizational conditions to which the worker is subjected. This work environment has positive effects when work provides satisfaction and well-being or negative effects provoked by situations of stress, inadequate working patterns and schedules, possible situations of abuse and/or harassment, etc.

Healthcare workers are exposed to a multitude of adverse risks and working conditions in the process of exercising their duties, such as staff shortages, excessive workloads, night shifts, long work shifts, a high number of hours worked per week, a high frequency of rotation between services, and high psychological burden, due to the management of critical situations, among others. All these working conditions make the work carried out by healthcare workers particularly stressful and diverse, if appropriate measures are not taken or adequate work resources do not exist, this can, thus, lead to injuries and safety problems for other people, manifestations of high levels of stress, anxiety, insomnia, emotional overload, fatigue, exhaustion, and loss of work engagement, mainly as a result of the nature of their work and the place where they perform their work.

Considering these points, this Special Issue aims to evaluate the health of healthcare workers and its associations with their work conditions.

Dr. Juan Jesús García-Iglesias
Guest Editor

Dr. Maria do Rosário Martins
Dr. Fátima Frade
Prof. Dr. Juan Gómez-Salgado
Guest Editor Assistants

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Healthcare is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • occupational health
  • mental health
  • health personnel
  • work condition
  • risk factors
  • psychological distress
  • burnout
  • anxiety
  • well-being

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Factors Influencing Emergency Empathy Towards Patients and Their Relatives: A National Survey Study in Türkiye
by Emin Fatih Vişneci and Osman Lütfi Demirci
Healthcare 2025, 13(13), 1559; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare13131559 - 30 Jun 2025
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Aim: The purpose of this study is to identify the factors affecting the empathy that emergency physicians develop toward patients. Material and Method: A total of 200 physicians working in the emergency department were included in the study. The Basic Empathy Scale (BES) [...] Read more.
Aim: The purpose of this study is to identify the factors affecting the empathy that emergency physicians develop toward patients. Material and Method: A total of 200 physicians working in the emergency department were included in the study. The Basic Empathy Scale (BES) consists of 20 items, which are divided into two factors: cognitive and affective empathy. The study data were obtained from the surveys. Results: All empathy scores were statistically significantly higher in women than in men (p values: 0.006, 0.008, and 0.001, respectively). The affective and basic empathy scores of single individuals are higher than those of married individuals (p values: 0.032 and 0.034, respectively). The affective and basic empathy scores of individuals without children are higher than those of individuals with children (p values: 0.023 and 0.014, respectively). Individuals in medical schools show higher cognitive empathy scores compared to non-medical studying (p: 0.004). Individuals who completed special courses (communication, stress management, and empathy) have higher empathy scores compared to those who did not participate (p values: 0.002, 0.021, and 0.001, respectively). All empathy scores are similar regardless of the individual’s experience levels, satisfaction with the work environment, the patient group the individuals has more emotional ties with, or the individual’s ability to understand patients in the environment in which they work. The basic empathy scores of individuals working ≤40 h and ≥60 h are similar but less than the basic empathy scores of individuals working 41–60 h. Conclusions: Training during or after medical school and better working hours will help to improve the empathy of emergency physicians. Female, single, childless physicians have an advantage regarding empathy in the ED. For married physicians having children, more flexible working environments can increase empathy levels. Full article
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